Alney McLean

Alney McLean (10 June 1779-30 December 1841) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-KY 5) from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1817 (succeeding William Pope Duval and preceding Anthony New) and from 4 March 1819 to 3 March 1821 (interrupting New's terms).

Biography
Alney McLean was born in Burke County, North Carolina in 1779, and his family settled in Nashville after the end of the American Revolutionary War. In 1799, McLean founded Greenville, Kentucky and settled there, and he became a lawyer in 1805. He served in the State House from 1812 to 1813, commanded a company of volunteers during the War of 1812, and served in the US House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1821. In 1824 and 1832, he served as a Henry Clay presidential elector, and he helped to co-found the Whigs. He died of pneumonia in 1841.